2009年7月25日星期六

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Yahoo! News: World - Britain

Britain urged to engage with Hamas moderates (AFP)

Posted: 25 Jul 2009 05:21 PM PDT

A Palestinian woman holds the flag of the Islamist movement Hamas in the West Bank village of Al-Bireh, south of Hebron, in May. The British government was urged to start engaging with moderates in Hamas in a report by lawmakers scrutinising London's foreign policy published on Sunday.(AFP/File/Hazem Bader)AFP - The British government was urged to start engaging with moderates in Hamas in a report by lawmakers scrutinising London's foreign policy published on Sunday.

Lawmakers urge UK government to talk to Hamas (Reuters)

Posted: 25 Jul 2009 04:17 PM PDT

Israeli Arab children demonstrators wave Palestinian militant group Hamas' flags during a rally to mark Land Day in the southern Israeli city of Beersheva in this file photo from March 28, 2009. REUTERS/Ammar AwadReuters - Lawmakers urged the British government on Sunday to talk to moderates within Hamas, saying the West's policy of shunning the Palestinian Islamist group was showing little sign of success.

City plans to use catacombs for swine flu victims (AFP)

Posted: 25 Jul 2009 03:12 PM PDT

DNA test kits of the the influenza A (H1N1) or Swine Flu virus. A city council said Saturday it was considering using underground burial chambers, currently a tourist attraction, to store the corpses of swine flu victims if the pandemic worsens.(AFP/File/Leon Neal)AFP - A city council said Saturday it was considering using underground burial chambers, currently a tourist attraction, to store the corpses of swine flu victims if the pandemic worsens.

Harry Patch, last veteran of World War I trenches, dies at 111 (AFP)

Posted: 25 Jul 2009 02:55 PM PDT

World War One veteran Harry Patch attends an Armistice Day commemoration ceremony in London in 2008. Patch, the last British soldier to fight in the trenches during the First World War has died aged 111, his care home said.(AFP/File/Shaun Curry)AFP - Harry Patch, the last soldier to fight in the trenches of Europe during World War I, died Saturday at the age of 111, drawing poignant tributes led by Queen Elizabeth II.

Iraq to send students to colleges in US, abroad (AP)

Posted: 25 Jul 2009 01:46 PM PDT

Vice President Joe Biden welcomes Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, Friday, July 24, 2009, in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington, prior to their meeting. (AP Photo/Ron Edmonds)AP - Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki said Saturday his country plans to send up to 10,000 Iraqi students per year to colleges in the United States, United Kingdom, Canada and Australia over the next five years as a part of a new scholarship program.

Britain's last surviving WW1 veteran dies, aged 111 (Reuters)

Posted: 25 Jul 2009 12:01 PM PDT

Reuters - Britain's last surviving veteran of the World War One trenches, Harry Patch, has died at the age of 111, the Ministry of Defence said on Saturday.

Kilts and controversy as Scottish clans gather (AP)

Posted: 25 Jul 2009 09:55 AM PDT

Scottish Clan members stand under umbrellas outside the Scottish Parliament in Edinburgh, Scotland Friday July 24, 2009 at the Clan Convention. One hundred of Scotland's Clan Chiefs will gather for a Clan Convention as part of the Gathering weekend in the city (AP Photo/ David Cheskin/PA Wire)AP - There were kilts, caber-tossing and a touch of controversy as more than 40,000 Scots from around the world descended on Edinburgh Saturday for an event billed as the largest gathering of the clans in 200 years.

Libya asks for Lockerbie bomber to be freed (Reuters)

Posted: 25 Jul 2009 09:14 AM PDT

The HMP Greenock, where Abdel Basset al-Megrahi of Libya is currently serving a life sentence for the bombing of an airliner over the Scottish town of Lockerbie in 1988, is seen in Greenock, Scotland, November 6, 2008. REUTERS/Russell CheyneReuters - The Libyan government has formally asked Scotland for the compassionate release of the former Libyan agent jailed for the 1988 Lockerbie bombing, the Scottish government said on Saturday.

Last UK veteran of WWI trench battles dies at 111 (AP)

Posted: 25 Jul 2009 08:40 AM PDT

FILE - This Oct. 27, 2007 photo shows Harry Patch, then aged 109, from Wells, England, as a guest of honor during commemorations in Weston-super-Mare, England to launch the local poppy appeal. An English nursing home says Harry Patch, the last British veteran of World War I, has died at 111. Patch had been the last surviving British soldier who served in the 1914-18 war. The only other surviving British veteran of the war, former airman Henry Allingham, died a week ago at age 113. (AP Photo/Barry Batchelor/PA Wire)AP - Harry Patch, Britain's last survivor of the trenches of World War I, was a reluctant soldier who became a powerful eyewitness to the horror of war, and a symbol of a lost generation.

Lockerbie bomber asks for compassionate release (AFP)

Posted: 25 Jul 2009 07:39 AM PDT

Aisha Al Megrahi, wife of convicted Lockerbie bomber Abdelbaset Ali Mohmet al-Megrahi, takes part in a silent march at the Scottish Parliament in Edinburgh in 2008.Megrahi, who has prostate cancer, has appealed to the Scottish government to free him on compassionate grounds.(AFP/File/Andy Buchanan)AFP - The man convicted of the 1988 Lockerbie plane bombing, who has prostate cancer, has appealed to the Scottish government to free him on compassionate grounds, it said Saturday.

British soldier killed in Afghanistan (AFP)

Posted: 25 Jul 2009 06:45 AM PDT

A British soldier with the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) sits on the top of a vehicle during a patrol on the outskirts of Kabul in 2008. A British soldier was killed when a bomb exploded in the southern province of Helmand, a hot bed of Taliban violence where thousands of British and US troops are pressing offensives ahead of the August polls.(AFP/File/Shah Marai)AFP - A British soldier was killed when a bomb exploded on Saturday in the southern province of Helmand, a hot bed of Taliban violence where thousands of British and US troops are pressing offensives ahead of the August polls.

Last trench veteran of WWI dies at 111 (AFP)

Posted: 25 Jul 2009 06:30 AM PDT

World War One veteran Harry Patch attends an Armistice Day commemoration ceremony in London in 2008. Patch, the last British soldier to fight in the trenches during the First World War has died aged 111, his care home said.(AFP/File/Shaun Curry)AFP - Harry Patch, the last soldier to fight in the trenches of Europe during World War I, died Saturday at the age of 111, his care home in southwest England said.

UK nurses' group ends opposition to assisted dying (AP)

Posted: 25 Jul 2009 03:14 AM PDT

A general view shows the building currently used by the Swiss organisation Dignitas in the industry area of Pfaeffikon near Zurich July 15, 2009. Renowned British conductor Edward Downes and his wife Joan have ended their lives at the Dignitas assisted suicide clinic in Switzerland, their children said in a statement on Tuesday. REUTERS/Christian Hartmann (SWITZERLAND)AP - Britain's main nurses' organization has dropped its opposition to assisted suicide, as a new poll released Saturday showed solid support for the right to die.

Pressure on PM after by-election blow (AFP)

Posted: 25 Jul 2009 01:59 AM PDT

Conservative Party leader David Cameron celebrates after Chloe Smith (right) won the Norwich North by-election on July 24. Following the vote, malcontents hit out at Prime Minister Gordon Brown and one Labour MP vowed to step down as the party picked over the bones of the defeat, in the first poll triggered by the recent scandal over MPs' lavish expenses claims.(AFP/Ben Stansall)AFP - Prime Minister Gordon Brown was in the firing line Saturday after voters handed Labour a punishing by-election defeat.

High streets under threat: MPs (AFP)

Posted: 25 Jul 2009 12:40 AM PDT

Shoppers walk along The High Street in Guildford, Surrey. Traditional city centre high streets could be further threatened by planned out-of-town development laws, MPs warned Saturday(AFP/File/Adrian Dennis)AFP - Traditional city centre high streets could be further threatened by planned out-of-town development laws, MPs warned Saturday.

Brown, Obama in Afghanistan talks (AFP)

Posted: 24 Jul 2009 10:21 PM PDT

Prime Minister Gordon Brown is pictured during a visit to a National Health Service (NHS) centre in central London. Brown has called US President Barack Obama for talks on Afghanistan as Britain announced it would send in reinforcements after a recent spike in troop deaths.(AFP/POOL/Shaun Curry)AFP - Prime Minister Gordon Brown has called US President Barack Obama for talks on Afghanistan as Britain announced it would send in reinforcements after a recent spike in troop deaths.

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